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Joanie Spina is an American dancer, choreographer, magician, and director. She is best known for her work on the Broadway musicals Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. She has also choreographed for the television series The X-Files and the film The Mask. Spina was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 4, 1953. She began her career as a dancer and choreographer in the 1970s, performing in various Broadway musicals. She was a principal dancer in the original Broadway production of Cats, and was the associate choreographer for the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera. Spina has also choreographed for the television series The X-Files and the film The Mask. She has also directed and choreographed for the stage production of The Magic of Joanie Spina, which has toured the United States and Europe. Spina is the founder and artistic director of the Joanie Spina School of Dance and Magic in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also the author of the book The Magic of Joanie Spina: A Guide to the Art of Magic and Dance. As of 2021, Joanie Spina's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

Popular As Joanie Spina
Occupation Dancer, choreographer, magician and director
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 4 August, 1953
Birthday 4 August
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of death August 17, 2014,
Died Place Houston, Texas, United States
Nationality United States

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2014

Joanie suffered from pulmonary fibrosis and had been treated for cancer. In 2014 she moved from Las Vegas to Houston to await a lung and liver transplant.

2011

Spina also penned a column for the periodical MAGIC Magazine in which she demonstrated techniques for magicians to improve their choreography and staging. Her columns appeared from January 2011 as video lessons on the iPad edition of the magazine.

2000

In 2000 Spina left Copperfield's team and developed her own solo magic act, which she performed in locations including Las Vegas, Atlantic City and the Bahamas. She also withdrew from performing and began to concentrate on a directing career. Her clients in this role have included Mark Kalin and Jinger, Princess Tenko, Tim Kole (the son of André Kole), Melinda Saxe, Jeff Hobson, Juliana Chen, The Spencers, Dirk Arthur, and Lawrence & Priscilla.

1986

In January 1985, while looking for the next step in her career, Spina answered an advert for a dancer in a show with "an international stage and television star". The star turned out to be magician David Copperfield, and he hired her. She worked for Copperfield for the next eleven years, until 1996, spending eight and a half of them as his lead assistant. She also became his choreographer and co-director. Her work included choreographing ten of Copperfield's nineteen CBS television specials, beginning with "The Magic of David Copperfield VIII: Walking Through the Great Wall of China" (March 14, 1986), in which she was credited as assistant choreographer, and his show "Dreams and Nightmares", which ran at the Martin Beck Theatre for 25 days between December 5 and 29, 1996. Among the well-known routines Spina contributed to were Copperfield's "Brazilian Water Levitation", included in 1991's special, and his signature "Flying" illusion, created by John Gaughan and included in 1992's special.

1953

Joanie Spina (August 4, 1953 – August 17, 2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, magician and director who achieved prominence through her work with the illusionist David Copperfield.